European Health Survey  
LIMITATIONS OF REGULAR HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES
Difficulty in carrying out household-related activities, according to type of activity, sex and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over
Units: percentage

	Prepare one's own meals						Use the telephone						Carry out shopping						Take medicine						Carry out light housework						Carry out heavy housework						Manage one's own money						
	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	Total	No difficulty	Some difficulty due to health reasons	Severe difficulty due to health reasons	Unable to do so by oneself due to health reasons	Difficulty due to other reasons	
Both sexes	
    Total	100.00	92.34	1.55	0.57	2.48	3.05	100.00	96.68	0.97	0.42	1.68	0.25	100.00	93.40	1.72	0.89	3.38	0.61	100.00	96.26	1.11	0.39	1.92	0.32	100.00	90.51	2.72	1.11	3.35	2.31	100.00	83.61	4.07	2.34	7.30	2.68	100.00	95.73	0.93	0.34	2.50	0.50	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	76.83	5.64	1.96	11.04	4.52	100.00	84.60	4.07	1.82	8.05	1.46	100.00	75.72	5.53	3.26	14.17	1.31	100.00	84.86	4.27	1.67	8.45	0.75	100.00	69.61	8.39	3.75	14.30	3.94	100.00	54.96	8.70	6.44	25.94	3.95	100.00	81.93	3.56	1.60	11.18	1.73	
    Complete primary education	100.00	90.01	1.68	0.89	2.78	4.64	100.00	96.49	1.23	0.54	1.71	0.02	100.00	91.74	2.30	1.19	3.95	0.81	100.00	95.79	1.17	0.50	2.18	0.36	100.00	87.08	4.03	1.45	3.46	3.98	100.00	78.02	5.76	3.44	8.91	3.86	100.00	95.15	0.96	0.38	2.89	0.61	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	94.96	0.98	0.06	0.41	3.60	100.00	99.53	0.25	0.07	0.13	0.03	100.00	97.32	0.86	0.27	0.86	0.69	100.00	98.52	0.55	0.15	0.31	0.46	100.00	94.95	1.26	0.71	0.74	2.35	100.00	89.77	3.06	1.33	2.91	2.94	100.00	98.49	0.56	0.04	0.48	0.43	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	97.30	0.43	0.15	0.47	1.64	100.00	99.51	0.16	0.03	0.22	0.08	100.00	98.08	0.71	0.26	0.72	0.23	100.00	99.25	0.23	0.02	0.35	0.15	100.00	96.71	1.15	0.38	0.91	0.84	100.00	92.06	2.79	1.18	2.51	1.45	100.00	99.24	0.29	0.06	0.34	0.07	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	98.28	0.06	0.05	0.11	1.50	100.00	99.74	0.05	0.05	0.16	0.00	100.00	99.06	0.44	0.12	0.27	0.11	100.00	99.73	0.05	0.00	0.11	0.11	100.00	98.22	0.29	0.16	0.37	0.96	100.00	95.03	1.11	0.56	1.60	1.70	100.00	99.70	0.10	0.00	0.11	0.09	
    University education	100.00	97.36	0.54	0.19	0.47	1.44	100.00	99.40	0.15	0.07	0.30	0.06	100.00	98.34	0.45	0.25	0.64	0.33	100.00	99.13	0.50	0.04	0.29	0.05	100.00	97.21	0.68	0.14	0.86	1.11	100.00	93.72	1.75	0.61	2.21	1.72	100.00	99.25	0.17	0.03	0.46	0.10	
Male	
    Total	100.00	90.97	0.87	0.37	2.04	5.75	100.00	97.36	0.68	0.39	1.29	0.28	100.00	94.98	1.08	0.56	2.37	1.01	100.00	96.67	0.93	0.30	1.56	0.54	100.00	91.04	1.18	0.71	2.60	4.48	100.00	87.86	2.13	1.30	4.55	4.16	100.00	96.72	0.75	0.23	1.77	0.52	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	74.97	3.22	1.10	9.93	10.78	100.00	87.20	2.93	1.58	6.46	1.83	100.00	81.51	3.47	2.11	10.41	2.50	100.00	86.57	3.87	1.24	7.02	1.30	100.00	73.10	3.31	2.73	11.40	9.46	100.00	64.86	5.15	4.06	17.68	8.25	100.00	86.32	2.59	1.42	7.88	1.80	
    Complete primary education	100.00	87.06	0.99	0.56	2.28	9.12	100.00	96.74	1.09	0.64	1.48	0.05	100.00	93.10	1.58	0.74	3.12	1.46	100.00	95.81	0.98	0.52	1.98	0.71	100.00	86.30	2.01	1.04	2.90	7.76	100.00	82.77	3.13	2.02	5.76	6.33	100.00	95.81	0.95	0.27	2.22	0.75	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	93.36	0.48	0.09	0.55	5.52	100.00	99.55	0.10	0.11	0.21	0.03	100.00	97.65	0.52	0.10	0.69	1.03	100.00	98.31	0.37	0.10	0.51	0.71	100.00	94.50	0.48	0.24	0.86	3.92	100.00	92.53	1.53	0.58	1.66	3.69	100.00	98.12	0.62	0.00	0.70	0.56	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	96.34	0.28	0.17	0.40	2.80	100.00	99.48	0.11	0.00	0.26	0.15	100.00	98.33	0.42	0.25	0.63	0.37	100.00	99.18	0.26	0.00	0.33	0.23	100.00	96.74	0.67	0.31	0.78	1.51	100.00	94.36	1.28	0.76	1.55	2.06	100.00	99.29	0.23	0.02	0.33	0.13	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	96.92	0.11	0.09	0.20	2.69	100.00	99.63	0.09	0.09	0.19	0.00	100.00	98.77	0.51	0.21	0.30	0.20	100.00	99.51	0.09	0.00	0.20	0.20	100.00	97.33	0.21	0.13	0.62	1.72	100.00	94.91	1.06	0.15	1.15	2.73	100.00	99.63	0.18	0.00	0.19	0.00	
    University education	100.00	95.56	0.56	0.32	0.67	2.89	100.00	99.25	0.19	0.15	0.31	0.10	100.00	98.20	0.45	0.24	0.62	0.48	100.00	98.76	0.64	0.06	0.44	0.10	100.00	96.23	0.36	0.13	1.08	2.20	100.00	94.51	0.87	0.29	2.07	2.25	100.00	99.23	0.23	0.00	0.54	0.00	
Female	
    Total	100.00	93.65	2.20	0.75	2.90	0.49	100.00	96.03	1.24	0.45	2.06	0.21	100.00	91.88	2.34	1.21	4.35	0.22	100.00	95.86	1.29	0.48	2.26	0.11	100.00	90.01	4.18	1.49	4.06	0.26	100.00	79.55	5.93	3.33	9.93	1.26	100.00	94.78	1.10	0.44	3.21	0.47	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	78.10	7.29	2.55	11.80	0.27	100.00	82.79	4.87	1.98	9.15	1.21	100.00	71.73	6.96	4.05	16.77	0.48	100.00	83.68	4.54	1.97	9.45	0.37	100.00	67.23	11.86	4.45	16.29	0.17	100.00	48.15	11.14	8.08	31.62	1.00	100.00	78.87	4.24	1.73	13.48	1.69	
    Complete primary education	100.00	92.94	2.36	1.22	3.28	0.21	100.00	96.24	1.37	0.44	1.95	0.00	100.00	90.37	3.04	1.65	4.79	0.16	100.00	95.76	1.36	0.48	2.39	0.01	100.00	87.86	6.04	1.87	4.01	0.22	100.00	73.27	8.40	4.87	12.07	1.39	100.00	94.49	0.97	0.50	3.57	0.46	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	96.63	1.50	0.03	0.26	1.58	100.00	99.50	0.41	0.02	0.05	0.03	100.00	96.96	1.23	0.44	1.04	0.33	100.00	98.75	0.74	0.21	0.10	0.19	100.00	95.42	2.08	1.19	0.61	0.70	100.00	86.81	4.68	2.12	4.25	2.13	100.00	98.88	0.50	0.08	0.25	0.29	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	98.25	0.58	0.13	0.53	0.50	100.00	99.53	0.22	0.06	0.19	0.00	100.00	97.83	0.99	0.27	0.82	0.09	100.00	99.32	0.20	0.04	0.37	0.07	100.00	96.69	1.63	0.46	1.04	0.19	100.00	89.79	4.30	1.61	3.47	0.84	100.00	99.19	0.36	0.10	0.35	0.01	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	99.88	0.00	0.00	0.12	0.00	100.00	99.42	0.35	0.00	0.24	0.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	100.00	99.36	0.40	0.20	0.05	0.00	100.00	95.20	1.17	1.09	2.17	0.38	100.00	99.80	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.20	
    University education	100.00	98.99	0.53	0.07	0.28	0.13	100.00	99.55	0.12	0.00	0.30	0.03	100.00	98.46	0.45	0.25	0.66	0.18	100.00	99.46	0.37	0.02	0.16	0.00	100.00	98.09	0.96	0.16	0.66	0.13	100.00	92.99	2.54	0.89	2.33	1.25	100.00	99.26	0.13	0.05	0.38	0.18	
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an error of division by zero
 The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error.
Source: National Statistics Institute